Area briefs: Easterling, Williams, Benton win Dunlap Junior titles

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Feb 26, 2013 at 11:56 PM

Chambers Easterling and Omar Williams of Spartanburg High and Dorman's Wood Benton took titles at Dunlap Junior Championships in Charleston.

Staff reports

A pair of Spartanburg High teammates and a returning Dorman star captured titles at the Dunlop Junior Championships held recently in Charleston.Chambers Easterling and Omar Williams of Spartanburg High both won individual championships in Boys 14 action. Dorman's Wood Benton captured the Boys 18 championship.Easterling defeated Marshall Warren of Wilmington, N.C., 6-2, 6-1 in the finals to win the Red division. Easterling was the No. 1. seed in the division.In the White division, Williams defeated Arpit Rana of Byrnes High 6-2, 4-6, 1-0. Williams was unseeded, while Rana was the top seed in the White division.Benton, who missed all of last season, defeated Parks Schoen of Simpsonville 7-6, 6-4 to claim the Boys 18 title. Benton was unseeded, while Schoen was seeded third.CLEMSON: The men's tennis team is ranked 18th according to the latest Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) poll.USC UPSTATE: The baseball program announced the signing of 16 players during the NCAA's early signing period for the 2014 season. Two area athletes — Chesnee catcher Drew Fisher and Boiling Springs pitcher Zach Mitchell — are among the future Spartans.LIMESTONE: Senior attack Corey Rich was named Conference Carolinas Men's Lacrosse Player of the Week.... The women's basketball team continued to move up in the national rankings, jumping one spot to No. 9 in the latest USA TODAY Sports Division II Top 25 Coaches' Poll.... The men's volleyball team fell 3-0 (25-23, 25-22, 25-18) to Mount Olive.... Sophomore Cody Clepper fired a team-high 72 in the opening round of the Irish Creek Intercollegiate Invitational, finishing tied for third, while the men's golf team tied for fifth.... The women's golf team finished 11th at the rain-shortened TSYS Collegiate Classic hosted by Columbus State.ELSEWHERE: Chattanooga's Ashlen Dewart (Dorman) has been named the Southern Conference Women's Basketball Player of the Week, her second honor of the season. Dewart led the Lady Mocs to two wins by averaging 18 points and nine rebounds.

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